Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong.
How come you didn't tell me this at about the 15 year mark of my 33 year marriage??? Timing!
@germangirl90439, @annewimsey I too stayed way too long in my marriage. I was married for over 25 years. But that is what we did, our generation stayed "for the kids" or whatever. My kids tell me I should have pulled the plug years earlier. But change is hard. After being a stay at home mom, and thinking I was not very bright, it has been great to get out where I am appreciated for my talents.
I felt that way when I was struggling to stay working with a disability then finally filed for SSDI at 59.
This is meaningful to me because I've been struggling with my job since I started, almost 21 months. I like the job most of the time, I am just not fast enough. Pay and benefits are good. I don't want to change jobs til I've been there two years.
That's a tough situation to be in. I have been in my current job for 5 years now. The first couple of years were tough because I was slow, knew very little and it was a very physical job. I stressed myself out to the max for quite a while and that was the hardest thing of all to manage. Now I look back on that and wish that I had had more confidence in my abilities and myself (It came at a bad time in my life when my confidence was at its lowest) because now It takes 3 people to replace me when I am not there. Hang in there and I hope it get's better for you.